Latch



(No Mode.)

O. R. WINSLOW.

LATCH.

PatentedSept. 1'?, 1895.

W ilgesszs UNrrnD STATES PATENT erica ORLANDO R. lNlr-TSLOVV, OFMARSHFIELD, MISSOURI LATCH.

` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,373, datedSeptember 17, 189 5.

Application tiled AJanuary 19, 1895. Serial No. 5S5532- (N0 model l Toall 1,022,077?, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO R. WrNsLow, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marshfield, in the county of Webster and State of Missouri,have invented a new and useful Door-Latch, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a latch designed for use in connection withbarn-doors, gates, dsc.; and the objects in view are to provide asimple, inexpensive, ,and efticient latch adapted for locking the dooror gate in either its open or closed position; to provide a latch whichis adapted to engage a catch of the same construction in either its openor closed position, and to provide means whereby the latch may hedisengaged from the catch from the opposite Side of the gate or doorfrom that to which it is secured.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a fastening deviceembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the manner ofusing the disengaging device. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the door insection. Fig. e is a detail view in perspective of the latch.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a longitudinally-slotted bracket provided with lateral ears2, perforated to receive screws 3, whereby the bracket may be secured tothe jamb or post of a door or gate, and 4: represents a transverse pinor rivet intersecting the slot 5 of the bracket to support the ring 6,which is arranged in the slot. The center of this ring is normallyarranged below the plane of the lower side of the bracket in the path ofthe latch 7, which is secured to the door 8. This latch is so arrangedwith relation to the catch as to operate at its upper edge in a planecontiguous to and slightly below the lower edge of the bracket, the bodyportion of said latch extending beyond the free edge of the door andextending under the bracket. Beyond the outer side of the bracket thelatch is provided with an offset 9 to form a tongue 10, which isparallel with the body portion of the latch and extends outward or fromthe bracket.

When the gate or door is in its ciosed position, as shown in Fig. l infull lines, the body portion of the latch is engaged bythe ring and liesincontact with the surface of the t `fence or side of the barn at adistance from the hinged edge of the gate or door correspondingapproximately with the width of the gate or door. This offset tongueoperates the ring of the secondary or auxiliaryA catch in the same wayas the body portion of the latch operates the ring of the primary ormain catch, said tongue forming a stop which strikes the fence or theside of the barn and prevents further movement of the gate or door.

In order to disengage the latch from the ring of the catch, it isnecessary to raise the ring, as in other devices of this class, and inorder to provide for raising the ring of the main or primary catch fromthe opposite side of the gate or door from that to which the latch isapplied I provide a disengaging-arm 13, which is pivoted at one end tothe body portion of the latch by means of a transverse spindle 14,terminating at the innerer remote side of the gate or door in a handlel5, said spindle being extended through an opening in the gate or doorand having a shoulder 16 at the inner surface of the body portion of thelatch to bear against thelatter anda similar shoulder 17 at the outersurface of the body portion of the latch against which the end of thedisengaging-arrn bears, a nut 18 being arranged upon the end of thespindle to hold said arm in place thereon. The free end of thisdisengaging-arin is enlarged, the outer side thereof being inclinedoutward from the plane of the inner side to the plane of the tongue 10,and the extremity of the arm is dared, as shown at 19, to insure properengagement thereof with the lower side of the ring when the arm isoperated.

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The oifset tongue at the extremity of the latch forms a convenienthandle for the gate or door by which to open same, whereby the handwhich'grasps said tongue is in convenient position to raise the ring,the latter 0peration being accomplished by means of the thumb of thehand which grasps the tongue. In the same way the projecting end of thebody portion of the latch forms a handle by which to swing the door fromits open position, said projecting end of the body portion beingarranged contiguous to the ring of the secondary or auxiliary catch whenthe gate or door is in its open position.

In practice various changes in the form, proportion, and the minordetails of construction may be resorted to Without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, I claiml The combination with main andauxiliary catches located, respectively, at the free edges of a gate ordoor and at a distance from the hinged edge thereof correspondingapproximately with the width of the gate or door, said catches havinggravity rings,of a latch rigidly secured to a gate or door with its bodyportion projecting beyond the free edge thereof to engage the ring ofthe main catch and provided with a forwardly offset tongue lO parallelwith the body portion of the latch and adapted to serve as a handle whenthe gate or door is in its closed position and to engage the ring of theauxiliary catch when the gate or door is in its open position, saidoffset tongue being also adapted to serve as a stop to limit theswinging movement of the gate or door when it reaches its open position,suhstantially as specified.

2. The combination with a catch having a gravity ring and means forlimiting the movement thereof, of a latch adapted to be secured to agate or door in a plane contiguous to the lower side of the catch, saidlatch being provided with an offset tongue lO parallel with the bodyportion of the latch, and a pivotal disengaging arm mounted upon thebody portion of the latch at an intermediate point of the latter andterminating in an abrupt extremity contiguous to the offset of the latchand approximately equal to the interval between the plane of the bodyportion and the tongue thereof, said disengaging arm being provided witha perpendicularly disposed handle adapted to extend through the gate ordoor, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto a'lixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ORLANDO R. IVINSIOIV,

Vitnesses E. BREWINGTON, GUY WlNsLow.

